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Word: hatbox (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Roxy contained 3,700 seats (compared to 'the Music Hall's 6,200), the heaviest and largest chandelier in the world (compared to the Music Hall's two longest), an auditorium designed in chaste taste to resemble the inside of a hatbox; a typical Roxy stage show, with a fan dance by Roxyettes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 9, 1933 | 1/9/1933 | See Source »

...decent haircuts he has ever had. Even the mustache that has drooped and wandered where it would for years had been neatly trimmed, sleeked down. The Great Man wore a sack suit which had actually been pressed! His valet hovered in the offing with a hatbox and a suitcase. Out of the box could come a high silk hat, and out of the case a full dress suit. Put these clothes on Briand and- you would have the President-Elect-voilá! It was the valet's great and tragic hour. Afterward Frenchmen cynically said: "Briand's friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Briand Defeated, Doumer Elected | 5/25/1931 | See Source »

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